Title
Myrtle Olson Interview, 1978
Files
Download Myrtle Olson Interview Transcript (3.2 MB)
Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Jay Fier
Interviewee
Myrtle Olson
Date Recorded
7-26-1978
Date Digital
6-24-2020
Location Recorded
Olson Residence, Glenwood, Minnesota
County
Pope County
Keywords
Rural schools--Minnesota--Glenwood; Public schools--Minnesota--Glenwood; Teachers--Minnesota--Glenwood; School principals--Minnesota--Glenwood; Norwegian Americans; Schools--Centralization
Description
Myrtle Olson was born in Benson, Minnesota in 1893. She was the daughter of a thresher mechanic and graduated from high school in Starbuck. She spent 44 years teaching in the Glenwood area, the first 4 years in a one-room rural school three miles west of Glenwood. Twenty of those years were spent as a junior high principal in Glenwood. She retired in 1960 and lived at the time of the interview in Glenwood.
In this interview, she discusses early schools, rural schools, the role of a principal, Norwegian ethnicity, religion, and school consolidation.
Run Time
01:02:12
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
PCOlson01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1120
Recommended Citation
Olson, Myrtle, "Myrtle Olson Interview, 1978" (1978). All Minnesota Oral Histories. 38.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/mnoralhistories/38
Primo Type
Audio